Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-01
tolerably sure is the only case where any
scandal has marred the fortune of an

scandal has marred the fortune of an
actress.
The general subject is capsule OF almost |
unlimited illustration. The cases Of Ed |
win Forrest, of Rachel and OF scores of !
other distinguished players might be |
gone into, but they would only serve TO
establish the conclusions already reached. |
II society, the moTaiists complain that
the man escapes the punishment for his
misdeeds, but the women is crushed on
the smallest prov0CatiOn. The mOrslists
must love to contemplate the conditions
of things pointed out here with reference
to the stage, where the man is invariably
punished and the woman always escapes.
1t is an interesting subject, common in
stance Of compensation and | think
enough has been said about the matter
here, to stall it.
August DAILY, who is now in California
with his German Forces and the Tanning
of the Shrew, proposes TO effect this
coming season revival Of the Midsuua-
mer Nights Dream. This secret Mr..
Dely has kept with the utmost tenacity,
and the announcement Of his intention is
now made for the first time, although MS
determination to put forward this dainty
creation of Shakespeare's was reached as
far back as last spring. Mr.. Daily has
not only refused to say anything about
this production himself, but he put all
| the employees Of the theatre under pledge
of seCresy, and yet you see the thing has
leaked out. Nj. Henry Hoyt is painting
the scenery at the Metropolitan Opera
House. He has flashed, 50 l am told,
what is called the panorams, that is to
say the scenery of the woods, streams,
etc, and is Just starting in on THANKS
| bower.
at Mr.. Days revival OF Midsummer
Nights Dream from scenic point Of
view is not more excellent than his Tam
| ing Of the Shrew,'' said an artist, whom |
do not care to quote, but whose opinion
would be unquestionably accepted as law
in New York, "why, it is gong to be,
artlstically speaking, pretty poor affair.
Nothing could be more absurd than the
enthusiasm over that production as g Sc
ries of stage pictures. Architects like
McKinn, Mead and White and Cady, who
built the Metropolitan opera house, laugh
at the architecture pictured forth in Mr.
Days stage, and as an artist | can say
thst the design and colOring OF the scenes
is cheap, almost fash and gives no evil
dence of correct taste. And yet the New
/
of admiration in praising this utterly fU-
tile presentation which the public has &C
copied in consequence as entirely admir-
able. | don't ask you to take my word
for il. Get an expression of opinion from
the architects have named snd find out
Whist the artists OF New York say
about 1T. In the same way the critics and
the public went mad over Irying's stage
, | 4
Of Wilson Barrett's, which were vastly
more beautiful. The vintage scene il
: Balratt's Claudan had all the effect OF
poetry. TIE best OF Irying'5 scenes are
gorgeous mosaiCs, where the beauty O
the whole scene is sacrificed and its har
r m1uy DESTROYED in the constant effort tC
} secure single and documentary effects
J You will be surprised to know that tn
/ scenes for Irving and Barrett are done by
! tae same man, Teibiu Of London. Bar
t rett's pictures are the better because h
} leaves his artist alone to work out Wh2
? his artists genius has taught him is tn
S most beautiful Irving, Oh the contrary
: bothers his artist to death with his owl
: ideas and the idesS which he picks u
4 from Alma Tadema and other a1tis
/ friends. No good work can be done undo
0 the same fault. Scene artist
E who know and love their az
d should be left alone. Those who don
I shouldn't be employed. How much I'll
5 public or the press knows about stag
r pictures may be estimated from the fat
I that on one occasion when Irving
}. scenery did rot reach New York in tim
for his opening, he faxed up the sceneI
g from shift which the Star thehter ha
e had in stock for years. Next mornin
: the papers had the conventional gus
e over the poetry Of the scenes, their at
It mirabIe contrast and blending OF colo
= etc. The play was Much Ado Abol
/ Nothing, and the production was c
/ Mr.. Irving's return in the spring from h
# country tour, SC that the genuine scenel
n had been seen during the fall engage
a ment. Theodore Mess OF the Star the
4 ter tells this interesting little story hiI
7 self. Il. S. HEWITT.